The Black Angels: A History of the Waffen-SS

In Nazi Germany the SS was an instrument of terror and repression. From them sprang the Waffen-SS, a superbly trained paramilitary force wich rolled back the Allied Armies in Poland, Russia and France, numbering over half a million men by the end of the war. This detailed history looks closely at the dual identity of the SS formations — as a hand-picked elite of magnificent fighting men and as a force of cruel fanatics capable of hideous atrocities.

• Author
• Rupert Butler

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 276

• Publisher
• St. Martin's Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-312-08298-7

• EAN
• 9780312082987

• Genres
• history

• Release date
• 1979